Unrelenting Bangladesh on the verge of a historic series win against Australia

Preview 

With 2-0 up in the 5 match series, Bangladesh will have a golden opportunity to close the series on Friday. They have done exceptionally well to unsettle the Aussie unit. Their performance, particularly bowling, has been right out of the top drawer. Nasum Ahmed , Mustafizur, Mahedi Hasan have all made useful contributions with ball in hand. Australia on the other hand have been woeful to say the least. Despite having the likes of T20 specialists Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques and Mitchel Starc in their ranks the visitors have struggled. The slowish Dhaka wicket has added to their misery.  If the visitors want to save the series by any chance then they will need to bat with some intent. Tigers hold the upper hand coming into the third game. They have all momentum and would look to continue their supremacy against a miserable aussie squad.  Let’s now have a look at how these two sides fare in today’s clash.

Form Guide

(last 5 completed games)

Bangladesh- WLLWW

Australia- LLLLL

Match Details 

Stadium: Shere Bangla National Stadium

City: Dhaka

Capacity: 25,000

Ends: Ispahani End, Aqua Paints End

Playing Conditions 

The pitch for this game is expected to remain slow and low. Spinners can get some assistance from the playing surface. Pace bowlers should look to get the pace off the ball to get something out of the surface. Bangladesh seamers have been spot on with their variations and are deservedly on top.      

Squads

Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (c), Nurul Hasan (wk), Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Taijul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman

Australia: Matthew Wade (c & wk), Josh Philippe, Ben McDermott, Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Ashton Turner, Daniel Christian, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Swepson, Riley Meredith, Wes Agar

Probable XI

Bangladesh: Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah (c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Nasun Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan  

Australia: Josh Philippe/Ben McDermott, Alex Carey,  Mitchell Marsh, Moises Henriques, Matthew Wade (c & wk), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Ashton Agar,  Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

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